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July-20-2023
- Putin to attend BRICS summit via video link: Kremlin
- Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the upcoming BRICS summit via video link, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
July-12-2023
- Thai PM announces retirement from politics
- Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on Tuesday his retirement from politics and resignation as a political party member.
July-3-2023
- Qu Dongyu re-elected as FAO director-general
- Qu Dongyu was re-elected as director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) here on Sunday during the ongoing 43rd session of the FAO Conference.
June-28-2023
- Chinese diplomat calls for Sino-US ties back to right track
- Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Tuesday held a phone conversation with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, calling for efforts to gradually bring China-U.S. relations back onto the right track.
June-26-2023
- Erdogan urges Sweden to end PKK protests for its NATO membership
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged Sweden to prevent the demonstrations by supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Stockholm in exchange for a green light on its NATO bid.
June-21-2023
- Hunter Biden agrees to plead guilty in tax, admit gun offence
- The son of U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two federal criminal tax charges and admit to illegally possessing a firearm.
June-12-2023
- Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died Monday at the age of 86 at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.
June-2-2023
- Trinidad and Tobago diplomat elected new president of UNGA
- Trinidad and Tobago's permanent representative to the United Nations, Dennis Francis, was elected the president of the upcoming 78th session of the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
May-25-2023
- New ambassador to US vows to safeguard Beijing's interest, strengthen cooperation with Washington
- China's newly appointed ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday upon arrival in Washington that he would safeguard the interests of China while enhancing China-U.S. exchanges and cooperation in his new role.
May-17-2023
- Biden to cut short Asia-Pacific trip due to debt ceiling stalemate
- U.S. President Joe Biden will not travel to Papua New Guinea and Australia later this month as originally planned due to the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with congressional leaders to address the debt ceiling crisis, the White House announced Tuesday.
